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Can you explain how free will is repeatable? By physical analogues, I mean we can have a theory for planetary motion, and then look through a telescop...

Ok thanks for explaining that. I would disagree with the characterization of the results of any scientific experiment being beholden to the subjectivi...

you are right I will be more careful with how I frame things. absolutizing language is not helpful

I do not agree. Doctors might do good things occasionally, but the profit motive and private insurance schemes completely obscure the moral goodness o...

Because the type of "freedom" humans care about, human actions, cannot possibly meet this criteria. If you want to talk about some abstract "freedom" ...

if the material conditions are generating the mental illnesses, in my opinion, it also follows that the logic entailed in those conditions (capitalism...

I probably could have phrased my comment a little better. Anthony's comment is much better thought out, but he was saying what I was trying to see, al...

wow, that was brilliant. thank you

In the context of the conversation, I think this is irrelevant. I have already posited that mental phenomena are really just products of material caus...

the whole idea of a "psychotic recovering and returning to normality" is a modern construct. our society requires certain behaviors to get by. in orde...

It would manifest as an action free of prior causes. This is why I think free will (or true freedom as you put it) is an incoherent concept. You do no...

Markets might be valuable in distribution, although, price mechanisms are not required. You could simply have an information mechanism, like the ink l...

I personally do not see a distinction between a chain of causation and a chain of logic. Fatalism may not be correct because of quantum indeterminacy....

thank you, I appreciate your insight and your kind words. I agree, suppressing our own trauma requires us to project agency onto the suffering of anot...

Well, I do not think there is a problem with a punitive course of action in the case of the drunk driver. Just like the AI which learned Go, learned b...

There are no "free actions." if you want to define free as uncoerced, which is a loaded word, fine. There is not a guy with a gun to my head. But this...

I think when determinism is introduced, a lot of the things we blame or praise people for now will just be considered as outputs of deterministic inpu...

even under comptaibilism the choices are determined, so I do not see what is relevant or interesting about "free will." it is incoherent as a concept

While I agree with what you say, it is indeed possible that consciousness is indeed how you describe, I would simply say the reason consciousness appe...

I agree with everything you said, except I do not even think the price mechanism as a means of making distribution more efficient is a strength of cap...

Without getting lost in the weeds on the causal aspect, could you elaborate on why you believe the AI's cannot be held accountable, and why do you thi...

well it looks like our world views are in stark contrast. let's just agree to disagree because I don't think anything can be gained through continuing...

I just do not agree with the way you frame this. Why do you need to invoke agency in order to have compassion? If compassion is a byproduct of informa...

You are attempting to prove something like free will actually exists. If your argument is, it's epistemologically ambiguous so why not just agree with...

Well I know Andrew Carnegie funded and led the charge of public education in the US, with the objective of creating workers. Modern colleges are reall...

First of all, a lot of our disagreement can be cleared up by simply saying I was not saying "will" is an illusion (although I happen to think it is), ...

Optical illusions are a great example. Also, our brain filling in missing information is another good example.

You frame your recommendations for the people in your community who are not utilizing technology as sort of "failing to take advantage of opportunitie...

I am not really sure what exactly you are referring to, but the overall condescending tone of your comment is very off putting. I do not really see a ...

Fair enough, my view was a bit based on tradition and perhaps reductionistic. I appreciate your insight. I will have to reevaluate my arguments pertai...

One of my biggest issues with these debates is that people always define free as uncoerced. In my opinion, this is just framing the debate with loaded...

You and I just have very different views of human beings in general. You seem to view them as individually unique in their own right. I am suggesting ...

I think the whole idea of atomizing individuals into market logic competition is fundamentally dehumanizing, although I am please to see you suggestin...

Well thanks for sharing some of your personal experience. One of the things my poll was trying to get at, was not simply describing that some countrie...

Sure I agree, penalizing actions which come at great cost to people or the environment is a great start. The funny thing about our current system is w...

I would like something a bit more radical

It sounds like you are viewing it as neutral. That is fine, but do you think there could be a more improved version of what we call economic organizat...

This might be true if everyone had an equal amount of freedom with which to actuate their desires and potential, but there are structural elements wit...

I disagree on both accounts. I do not believe it is a given, and I think people can absolutely change it. I would also disagree that 100+ work complet...

I agree, I believe people should try their best. I just view economic location as much more a function of deterministic trajectories than you do. When...

But do you believe what we perceive as consciousness is something different than the sum of its biological parts? Or is it just the sum of all the bio...

I agree with everything you said but I am having a bit of trouble with this sentence. How is the mind different? Our perception of the self as a disem...

honestly, I could not really say for sure. my gut is just to say something along the lines of, because everything came from a single point, the Big Ba...

This is something that drives me up the wall. most people feel pressured to pretend like everything's ok. but then nobody ever honestly says how they ...

wow. thank you so much for making this post. I have an ACE score of 5. When I learned about ACEs, it was like suddenly it clicked, and I understood wh...

That was very well stated, and I appreciate your input. One thing I would ask for you to comment on, because it gets to the heart of the intersection ...

In my opinion this trend is only going to continue which is why I advocate for reimagining the idea of labor for income. As automation increases, aggr...

I think there is plenty of evidence to justify what I view as exploitation, and you would probably disagree with my definition. For example, we are to...

Would you say the self is an illusion, or a bi-product of brain activity?

Thanks for your input, I agree it can be a mixture, although I did vote for the illegitimate one, because I believe the majority of those with power e...